Laurel County Public Library discussion

QOTD: How many books did you read in April? What were your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in April? What were your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"

I finished 5 books in April. My favorite read of the month was A River Enchanted and my least favorite read was Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives, but it wasn't a bad book – I gave it 3 stars. I had a decent reading month, I just wish I had read more.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in April? What were your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"

I only read 1 book during the month of April. The book I read was Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. I really enjoyed it.

QOTD: Are there any May releases you're excited for?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Are there any May releases you're excited for?"

May releases I'm excited for:
A Curse Carved in Bone
Silver Elite
The Knight and the Moth
One Golden Summer
My Friends
The Love Haters
A Fate Forged in Fire
The Incandescent
His Face Is the Sun

QOTD: Do you have anything fun and exciting planned for the month (ex. trips, projects, events, etc.)?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you have anything fun and exciting planned for the month (ex. trips, projects, events, etc.)?"

I don't have anything planned but will probably try to do something fun on Memorial Day. As far as projects go, I'm working on some house projects. I also want to tackle my physical TBR more this month.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you have anything fun and exciting planned for the month (ex. trips, projects, events, etc.)?"

My friend is celebrating her bday/early college graduation celebration, so hopefully I'm able to go and spend it with her and some other folks. Other than that, I don't have anything planned this month.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in April? What were your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"

I didn't finish any books in April.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What's on your May TBR?"

I want to finish Native Son by Richard Wright.
Continue on in A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams.
Start Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What book do you think everyone should read at least once in their lifetime?"

Obvious answer just because it's classic and iconic - LOTR

Other books you should read once just because they're really good:
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you have anything fun and exciting planned for the month (ex. trips, projects, events, etc.)?"

We are going to the zoo on Saturday, that is the only thing we have planned this month.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Are there any May releases you're excited for?"

The Tenant by Freida McFadden

QOTD: What’s your go-to spring genre or trope (rom-coms, road trips, thrillers, literary fiction, etc.)?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s your go-to spring genre or trope (rom-coms, road trips, thrillers, literary fiction, etc.)?"

For spring, I typically gravitate towards rom-coms or cozy fantasy, but being a mood reader it all just depends.

QOTD: Which author’s backlist are you slowly working through?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Which author’s backlist are you slowly working through?"

I'm working on the backlist of a few authors. But one author's backlist that I'm really excited to work through is Robin Hobb. She has a few series but they're all interconnected in the same universe.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Which author’s backlist are you slowly working through?"

William Kent Krueger
I am up to book 7 in the Cork O'Connor Series. And there are standalones that I want to read.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Which author’s backlist are you slowly working through?"

Freida McFadden

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Which author’s backlist are you slowly working through?"

james baldwin

QOTD: What’s your ideal length for a series—duology, trilogy, or long-running saga?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s your ideal length for a series—duology, trilogy, or long-running saga?"

I don't really have a preference but I think that a lot of my favorites longer than a trilogy.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s your ideal length for a series—duology, trilogy, or long-running saga?"

I like a long-running saga.

It is not a big preference, but I would go with long-running.

Trilogy

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s your ideal length for a series—duology, trilogy, or long-running saga?"

I think for me it depends on the story. If it can be wrapped up in a trilogy I would rather that than have additional installments that just prolong things for no reason. But if the story can go on for a longer running series and it still be fresh and clever I enjoy that as well.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s your ideal length for a series—duology, trilogy, or long-running saga?"

I think trilogy works best for me. Anything longer than that and I'll lose interest. It could also depend on how the story goes.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Which author’s backlist are you slowly working through?"

- Stephen Graham Jones (there's a few that I'd still like to read by him)
- James Baldwin
- Khaled Hosseini (I think I still have to finish A Thousand Splendid Suns)

QOTD: Do you ever assign aesthetics (cottagecore, dark academia, etc.) to books you read?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you ever assign aesthetics (cottagecore, dark academia, etc.) to books you read?"

No. It never even occurred to me.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you ever assign aesthetics (cottagecore, dark academia, etc.) to books you read?"

I guess sometimes I'll do it if I'm discussing a book with someone, and I want them to understand the vibes it gives off.

QOTD: Have you ever changed your mind about a book after discussing it with others?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you ever assign aesthetics (cottagecore, dark academia, etc.) to books you read?"

I probably do this more often than I realize when I am describing a book to someone and in reviews.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Have you ever changed your mind about a book after discussing it with others?"

Yeah, sometimes...or after I've sat with it for a bit and then realize I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought, or that it stuck with me long after I closed the book, etc.

QOTD: What’s your favorite thing to do right after finishing a really good book?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s your favorite thing to do right after finishing a really good book?"

I usually like to jot down my initial thoughts on the book right after I finish a book so that I don't forget anything. I also like to share my reading update on social media, including marking it as read on here. If it's a book I own and I loved, I probably annotated it, so I put my favorite quotes on the title page. The quote title page is something I've recently started doing and I love it.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s your favorite thing to do right after finishing a really good book?"

I like to mark it read on here and then leave a review, if it's really good I usually like to share it with friends and whatnot.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s your favorite thing to do right after finishing a really good book?"

I often find myself going back and looking at quotes I made note of (if I annotated). Then I'll get on here and rate it and sometimes review it.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s your favorite thing to do right after finishing a really good book?"

I love to be able to give a 5 star rating on Goodreads.

QOTD: Do you finish a series once you start it, or do you take breaks between books?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you finish a series once you start it, or do you take breaks between books?"

It depends on the length of the series and also how the book ends. If it is a crazy cliffhanger, I will probably jump into the next one if I can. If it's a new series that I have to wait for the next book then obviously there are books in between. Sometimes I want to take breaks in between books to make the series last longer.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you finish a series once you start it, or do you take breaks between books?"

I usually take small breaks.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you finish a series once you start it, or do you take breaks between books?"

It depends on the length of the series and what my reading mood is at the end of each book.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: Do you finish a series once you start it, or do you take breaks between books?"

Depends on the book. If it ends on a cliffhanger and is super engrossing I'll read the next one asap.

QOTD: What’s one book you want to read before the end of the year, no matter what?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s one book you want to read before the end of the year, no matter what?"

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s one book you want to read before the end of the year, no matter what?"

My gosh, there are so many. Maybe if I pick one, it will get read.
- Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw
I don't know if I am going to like it or not. Every year I say I am going to read it and every year, I put it off.

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s one book you want to read before the end of the year, no matter what?"

zami: a new spelling of my name by audre lorde

QOTD: What’s one book you’d recommend to someone who says they “don’t like reading” but wants to give it another shot, just for fun?

Laurel County wrote: "QOTD: What’s one book you’d recommend to someone who says they “don’t like reading” but wants to give it another shot, just for fun?"

a majority of what i read i definitely wouldn't describe as fun for most people, but i think anyone at any age could enjoy (or at least easily get through) howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones.